Hello, worldnames
Hello, my name isGirlBoy

Archibald

Pronounced /ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃɪ.bɔːld/

Rank in 2024
#1,179
Born in 2024
176
Peak year
2024 · #1179
Origin
Germanic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
00.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020
Hover or tap the chart for any year. Per 1,000 adjusts for how many babies were born that year.
Compare Archibald with other names

Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 176 boys were named Archibald, about 1 in every 9,746.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 3,800 boys have been named Archibald since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Archibald per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,079 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 424 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 294 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 158 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 138 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 165 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,030 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Anglo-Norman Arcebald, Arcenbald or Ercenbald, from Old French Archaunbault, from Proto-West Germanic *Erknabalþ, from *erkn (“pure, holy, genuine, precious”) +‎ *balþ (“strong, bold”). Doublet of Archambault. Compare Latin Archibaldus.

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃɪ.bɔːld/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Archibald, CC BY-SA 4.0.